Tasted

ppl. a. and adj. [f. TASTE v. and sb.¹ + -ED.]

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A. ppl. a. [f. TASTE v.] Perceived by the taste, etc.: see the verb.

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c. 1403. ? Lydg., Crt. Sapience, Proeme, vii. As tasted bytternesse All swete thynge maketh be more precyous.

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B. adj. [f. TASTE sb.]

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1. Having a specified taste (with adj. or adv.).

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1604. Jas. I., Counterbl., in Ess. Poesie, etc. (Arb.), 107. The miraculous omnipotencie of our strong tasted Tobacco.

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1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 208. They are much fatter and better tasted.

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1682. Wheler, Journ. Greece, IV. 295. The white … is very well tasted.

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1684. Bunyan, Pilgr., II. 133. They were very good tasted Fruit.

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1707. Mortimer, Husb. (1721), II. 297. A pleasant tasted Perry.

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1725. De Foe, Voy. round World (1840), 328. The water … was very sweet, wholesome, and good tasted.

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1812. Southey in Q. Rev., VII. 69, note. The milk … is ill tasted.

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1836. W. Irving, Astoria (1849), 409. Mountain mutton … extremely well tasted.

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2. Having taste or critical discernment (of a specified kind).

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1802. H. C. Andrews, Bot. Rep., I. 255. The late elegantly tasted Mrs. North.

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